§28:21. State psychiatric hospitals
RS 28:21 – State psychiatric hospitals A. For purposes of this Part, “state psychiatric hospital” refers to the hospital at Jackson, known as the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, and the hospital at Pineville, known as the Central Louisiana State Hospital, which are designated as the hospitals for persons who have a mental illness or […]
§28:21.1. Substance-related and addictive disorders; treatment in state psychiatric hospitals
RS 28:21.1 – Substance-related and addictive disorders; treatment in state psychiatric hospitals A. The Louisiana Department of Health is authorized to accept indigent patients suffering from co-occurring substance-related or addictive disorders and to give such patients the care and treatment required. B. The purpose of this Section is to recognize substance-related and addictive disorders as […]
§28:22. Crisis response system
RS 28:22 – Crisis response system A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that appropriate crisis identification and stabilization services, including a coordinated system of entry into the crisis system, is critical to successful recovery for people in behavioral crisis. The legislature further finds that successful crisis identification and stabilization services will most successfully be developed […]
§28:22.4. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 369, §7.
RS 28:22.4 – Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 369, §7.
§28:22.5. Community behavioral health clinics; behavioral health services providers
RS 28:22.5 – Community behavioral health clinics; behavioral health services providers A. Community behavioral health clinics are facilities operating as behavioral health services providers as defined in R.S. 40:2153 and licensed by the department pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:2151 et seq. Community behavioral health clinics may be operated or contracted by local governing […]
§28:22.6. Payment for maintenance or treatment
RS 28:22.6 – Payment for maintenance or treatment Persons or their responsible relatives who are able to pay all or a part of the cost of their maintenance or treatment or both at the units named in R.S. 28:22 through R.S. 28:22.5 shall reimburse the department to the extent of their ability to pay at […]
§28:22.7. Geriatric hospitals and units
RS 28:22.7 – Geriatric hospitals and units A. The department may establish and administer geriatric hospitals or units to receive and care for persons who are elderly or infirm who have been discharged by a hospital for persons who have a mental illness and for other persons who are elderly or infirm and in need […]